Man's Best Friend

So for those of you who don't know, for most of my life I've not been a huge fan of birds. I've been pooped on and attacked several times. I'll spare you the details for now, but nonetheless not a big fan. Sure it's nice on a peaceful morning when you can hear them and not see them. Otherwise, keep them away from me. Well today, for the second time I might add, a bird got trapped in my screened in porch. When I went to let the dog out the bird tried to flee....unsuccessfully. Before it could escape, my wonderful dog, Keylee, sought it out immediately and attacked it. It now lies dead in my back yard. It couldn't have been a prouder moment. I cheered in victory. So this post is to man's best friend and my only current roommate. My dog. CHEERS!

Update

So I feel like I haven't posted in a while. Life has been kind of crazy. Looking for a job, grandma's in the hospital, trying to start my own little business. Craziness. Well so far to update you, I don't have a job yet (still searching), grandma is still in the hospital still feeling terrible, and I actually have been getting some business with the photography thing. That's the most exciting thing going on right now. In a few short weeks I will be photographing my first wedding. That was unexpected and completely exciting. I've also had several other opportunities to shoot for people. It feels like it's actually kind of taking off. I can't wait to see what God has planned in that area of my life. I've tried to make a small change in life recently by removing the antenna from my television. That's right, no more tv. Well ok I still watch movies, but no tv. It's funny (well maybe not that funny) how much tv I realize I was actually watching. Every time I sit on the couch I think, well what am I going to do now? I've become painfully aware of how much time I was wasting. So I decided that I should be reading more to replace this new found voided blocks of time. I work at a book store and so I have acquired quite the collection yet have had no time to read them. Well, have not made time to read them. I just bought another book called Crazy love. It is written by Francis Chan. I can't wait to continue reading it. I've only gotten two chapters in so far, but it's been great so far. Try it. Slow down. Take a breath and read. More to come.

Business Card

Hey everyone! I feel like it's been a while since I've posted. Well I'm trying to get this photography thing off the ground. It's been really great having different opportunities to photograph. I figured since I've actually started to get into this I should make a business card. I mean that's what professionals do, right? Well I went ahead and designed a business card for myself. *see below* Well I carry them around with me now, so if you see me then make sure you ask me for one. Maybe I can really get something started. Who knows? Looking forward toward the future.

Botanical Gardens

I'm taking a photography class right now. This week we went to the Botanical Gardens. Here are a few photos that I shot. Some random. Some not. Enjoy.

Megan and Gary

So I met Megan about 13 years ago when my family moved back to St. Louis after moving around for some time. As I grew up in the youth group of my parent's church Megan and I along with a couple of other close friends grew very close to each other and spent most of our time with one another. Well as we've grown up life has taken us all on some interesting journies. Unfortunatly Megan is far away now which is sad, but we do get to see her when she comes to visit. While she was away from us she met Gary and wouldn't you know it they fell in love. While we miss our friend from time to time it's exciting to see how God is directing her paths and blessing her along the way. Good luck Megan and Gary in everything that you do and may God richly bless you on your journey.

Recent Photoshoot

Baby Crazy

Well spring is here and so are babies. They seem to be all around us. Well I just had the pleasure to do a photo shoot for a couple who just had baby twins. They are so cute and for only being 2 1/2 weeks old they were so patient. It had been a long time since I've been around babies that little. The whole day was a blast. Between the joy of new life, great loving parents, and helpful friends we couldn't help but to have a blast. Thank you Jen and Jason for the opportunity to do this. May God bless you on this new and exciting journey.

Good friends get to hold the little ones.